After ten days, Lingling was left with 75 pages, so the average number of pages she read every day was: 75 pages/10 days = 75 pages/day As there were still 75 pages left, Lingling still needed to read them every day on average: 23 - 75 = -525 Because the number of pages was negative, Ling Ling had read the book many times after ten days, but she hadn't finished it.